SOME OF THE ARTWORKS SIT BEHIND museum glass or gallery doors, but murals demand to be noticed. Whether designed for a local business, to commemorate an event, or to tell a story, murals often explore…
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FIRED BY TEMPERATURES of more than 2,000 degrees, a warrior emerges from a monolithic portal adorned with Indigenous symbols. A blood-red bust faces the courtyard of the Inn and Spa at Loretto…
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AT SUNSET ON A WINTER EVENING just outside Roswell, Eric J. García is making good on a promise to take art out of the gallery. In the field behind his house at the Roswell Artist-in-Residence…
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BEYOND THE SANTA FE PLAZA, where history pulses and church bells ring, you climb the creaking steps to Tony Abeyta’s studio. As you ascend, the scents of oil paint, dust, and something like old…
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DEBBIE LONG USES LIGHT AND TIME as tools for her art. Her crafted “light ships” grow from the tradition of land art, pulling inspiration from her Taos surroundings as well as her hometown of Gallup…
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IN TERRI ROLLAND'S PAINTINGS, familiar features are pared back to their essential elements. A pale green shape resembles an adobe wall against a black background, while a blue rectangle cutout becomes…
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Above: Artist Susan Contreras is among this year's recipients of the 2021 Governor’s Awards for Excellence in the Arts. Photograph by Kate Russell. WHAT'S THE SMALLEST DEGREE of separation between N…
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If you walk into Susan Contreras’s home and studio in Santa Fe, prepare to don a mask—and not the pandemic kind. “Look at these masks,” the painter enthuses, carrying a box to the porch. “They’re…
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IF YOU MEET PAULA WILSON AT HER STUDIO during the weekly art event known as MoMAZoZo, you might not actually see her for a while. Art tends to get in the way, along with history, a growing artistic…
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Brian Norwood's sculpture The Trail Ahead depicts the cowboys of JAL ranch. Photograph by Brian Norwood. WHEN BRIAN NORWOOD WAS RAISING MONEY for a metal sculpture in Jal, a nearby rancher offered a…
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